The British machine tool industry, 1850-1914 /

The British machine tool industry, 1850-1914 /

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Author / Creator:Floud, Roderick
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Description:xiv, 217 p. : graphs ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Machine-tool industry -- Great Britain -- History.
Machine-tool industry.
Great Britain.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/110780
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ISBN:0521212030 : £6.00 ($18.00 U.S.)
Notes:"This book began as a D. Phil. thesis for the University of Oxford."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The engineering industries
  • 2. The technical history of machine tools, 1850-1914
  • 3. The machine tool industry: structure and explanation
  • 4. International trade in machine tools
  • 5. Greenwood and Batley: history, records and methods
  • 6. Greenwood and Batley: markets and prices
  • 7. Greenwood and Batley: production
  • Conclusion
  • List of works cited
  • Notes
  • Index

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